Modelling fruit characteristics during apple maturation: A stochastic approach

Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-168

  Scheerlinck, Nico ^a   Peirs, A ^a   Desmet, M ^a   Schenk, A ^a   Nicolai B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apple maturation; Fokker Planck; Stochastic modelling; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

APPLE MATURATION; FOKKER-PLANK EQUATION; NATURAL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODELING; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FRUITS;

APPLES; DECISION MAKING; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATION;

EID: 7044238031     PISSN: 13873954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13873950412331318116     Document Type: Article

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